The Red Lion, Derrington

Damien

A few posts under my belt
Yes so the low down is this the holding company i worked for still have the pub but Enterprise are willing to allow me to take it back over and start running it as a pub again not a snooker hall :/ so they have set up this page

http://www.gofundme.com/9231ic
 

tek-monkey

wanna see my snake?
Enterprise have set the page up? Isn't that a bit odd, a big company using a crowd funding site?

Not that it matters to me I'm afraid, enterprise pubs rarely sell real cider. Instead we always press on and cycle to gnosall before stopping for a drink. Any chance of a real drink if you take over? I'm not after draught, bottles are fine, but I need a reason to stop by.
 

Damien

A few posts under my belt
No Enterprise have not set up the site it was created by the villagers to save the pub from being closed and they want to put me back in to run it
 

Damien

A few posts under my belt
Sorry should have typed the page link a bit clearer, ETI have set up a £1 a week rent deal and the locals set that funding page up
 

Damien

A few posts under my belt
Eti have these ask ciders to choose from
 

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tek-monkey

wanna see my snake?
Are they bag in a box? Starting from the top:

Orchard Pig Explorer - Seem to remember this one has a minor farmy smell but was nice to drink.
Orchard Pig Philosopher - A bit stronger, tamer aroma, again nice to drink.
Thatchers Cheddar Valley - Very cloudy, deep orange. Nice pint but some are put off by the colour.
Thatchers Heritage - Slightle weak flavour I found, although I had some recently in the Tap & Spile and it was better than I remembered so maybe I just tried a few duff pints.
Westons Old Rosie - Scrumpy, not my ideal pint TBH but others seem to like it.
Westons Rosies Pig - Similar to Old Rosie but less funky, Seemed to go down well with a mate visiting from Australia recently (but they can only get strongbow!)
Westons Twist Mulled - Excellent served warm at Christmas, not sure there is a need for it other than in winter though.

All in all any of them would do fine, I'd probably prefer the Orchard Pig Philosopher from that list but will drink any. My least favourite is Old Rosie, but I've seen that do well in places so......

I would say though, are bottles a better option? They keep for a lot longer and take less shelf space, you'd only need one row of each til you found one the locals like. These boxes take a full shelf in the fridge, you could have a range of half a dozen bottles in that space. Depends on what is available obviously, but may be an idea til you know what the locals like?
 

tek-monkey

wanna see my snake?
Popped in yesterday, not sure they are making any effort. Hardly any bottles in the fridges, but when asked they had some out back they'd just not bothered to put them on display. Obviously no real cider, I expected that, but all the crisps had 'Multipack, not for resale' written on them too. There were 3 people behind the bar, but only 1 seemed to do anything the others were just talking. The place was dead, which with weather like yesterday is madness.

Mind you the other room looked like it was set up for karaoke, sod that!
 

Damien

A few posts under my belt
Yes this is the issue at the moment its just being ran like a dive!! enterprise emailed me my agreement this morning so im moving back in Thursday with a beer delivery placed for Friday ready for the bank holiday :)
 

1JKz

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Here's my take on The Red Lion; I was biking from Stafford through Derrington and beyond, my first stop would be The Red Lion (having never been before and wanting to give it a chance), hoping for a decent pint and something off the menu. I strolled up to the place thinking it may actually be closed, shut-up shop infact, weeds growing up the walls, peeling paint etc etc, looking very sorry for itself.

What's happened?

I moved onto Gnosall.

Right, i'll read the posts from this thread to see what has happened...
 

1JKz

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...i see!

I've caught up.

So, Damien may well be the man to rescue the place, good luck Damien and as soon as those weeds have been removed and some nous has been used for the running of The Red Lion, I'm back!
 

Damien

A few posts under my belt
Fixing has started this weekend the locals and us are removing the weeds and the signs are to be re written :) inside has been re decorated to freshen the place up.

Also I'm off to a cider shop to see what I can buy oh and the food re starts Thursday

Time and progress !
 

1JKz

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Grand news!

I'll be on my bike soon enough peddling down the route from Stafford to Derrington, for an afternoon pint and sarnie, sometime soon.

Hope it goes well Damien.
 

ChrisLewis

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Fixing has started this weekend the locals and us are removing the weeds and the signs are to be re written :) inside has been re decorated to freshen the place up.

Also I'm off to a cider shop to see what I can buy oh and the food re starts Thursday

Time and progress !

Well done on getting a free of tie deal on your lease from Enterprise!
 
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